‘continue’
▪ Jump statements transfer the flow of control in a
Java program.
▪ Although programs can be written without using
the Jump statements, using them gives more clarity
to programs and helps a programmer to trace the
flow of control in complex and lengthy programs.
At the end of this session
Understand the usage of the ‘continue’
statement
Trace the output of a program using the dry
run technique
Apply the ‘continue’ statement in a program
Solve a program without using ‘continue’
Execute a program using the ‘continue’
statement
The “continue” statement continues with the
next iteration skipping the rest of the loop
statements in the loop body.
In the case of for loop, “continue” transfers the
control to the update statement in the for loop
and then evaluates the test-expression.
In the case of “do while” and “while” loop, the
program control passes to the test-expression.
The next iteration is executed only if the test
expression evaluates to true.
A program that uses the
‘continue’ statement
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int x=0, sum=0,p=1; // method 1 without ‘continue’
while(++x<=10)
{
System.out.println(x);
if(x<=5)
{
sum=sum+x;
p=p*x ;
System.out.println(“*********”);
}
else if(x>=8)
{
sum=sum+x;
p=p*x
System.out.println(“$$$$$$$$”);
} // the green lines are repeated twice
}// end of while
System.out.println(sum);
System.out.println(p);
int x=0, sum=0,p=1; // method 1 with ‘continue’
while(++x<=10)
{
System.out.println(x);
if(x<=5)
System.out.println(“*********”);
else if(x>=8)
System.out.println(“$$$$$$$$”);
else
continue ; // if x is 6 or 7, rest of the statements in the loop are skipped
sum=sum+x; // these two statements are executed only when
p=p*x ; // x<=5 or x>=8
}// end of while
System.out.println(sum);
System.out.println(p);
// Accept 2 numbers (for 10 times) and display their quotient and remainder. If the
divisor or denominator is 0, then skip the process and go to next iteration
import java.util.Scanner;
class numb {
public static void main() {
int x,y;
Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);
for(int i=1;i<=10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Enter numerator");
x=in.nextInt();
System.out.println("Enter denominator");
y=in.nextInt();
if(y==0)
{
System.out.println("Denominator cannot be 0");
System.out.println(“So calculation not done");
continue; //goes to the update statement in the for loop
}
System.out.println("Quotient :"+x/y);
System.out.println("Remainder :"+x%y);
} // for
} //main
}//class
// Accept 2 numbers (for 10 times) and display their quotient and remainder. If the
divisor or denominator is 0, then the user is prompted to enter the numbers again.
The loop control variable is decremented so that one chance is not lost.
class numb {
public static void main() {
int x,y;
Scanner in=new Scanner(System.in);
for(int i=1;i<=10;i++)
{ System.out.println(“Enter numerator”);
x=in.nextInt();
System.out.println(“Enter denominator”);
y=in.nextInt();
if(y==0)
{
System.out.println(“Denominator cannot be 0”);
System.out.println(“You will be given another chance…enter again”);
i--; // i is decremented, as this iteration should not be counted
continue; //goes to the update statement in the for loop
}
System.out.println(“Quotient :”+x/y);
System.out.println(“Remainder :”+x%y);
} // for
} }
Program to enter 5 numbers and find their sum. If a 0 or a negative number
is entered, then the calculation is skipped and the user is asked to input the
next number. The loop control variable is not incremented.
class eg1_continue {
public static void main()
{
double number, sum = 0.0;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
for (int i = 1; i < 6; ) {
System.out.print("Enter a number: ");
number = input.nextDouble();
if (number <= 0.0)
continue; // skips the remaining statements and goes to the conditional expression
// as there is no update statement in the loop
++i; //increments only when the user inputs +ve number
sum += number;
}
System.out.println("Sum = " + sum);
}
}
Program to enter 5 numbers and find their sum. If a 0 or a negative number
is entered, the calculation is skipped, but the loop control variable is
incremented.
class eg2_continue {
public static void main() {
double number, sum = 0.0;
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
for (int i = 1; i < 6;i++ ) {
System.out.print("Enter a number: ");
number = input.nextDouble();
if (number <= 0.0)
continue; // skips the remaining statements and goes to the update statement
sum += number;
}
System.out.println("Sum = " + sum);
}
Assignment:-
WAP to calculate the sum of maximum of 5
positive numbers entered by the user. If the
user enters negative number or zero, it is
skipped from calculation.
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